In order to maintain valid Pesticide Applicator Certification in the state of New Jersey, pesticide applicators must earn a minimum of 24 recertification credits by attending continuing education courses. Commercial Pesticide Applicators must accumulate 8 CORE credits and 16 category credits (per each category certified).  Private Pesticide Applicators must accumulate 8 CORE credits and 16 'PP2' credits.

The total 24 recertification credits must be accumulated by the applicator within a five year period subsequent to passing their certification exam.  The five year period begins the November 1^st following passing the exam, and ends five years later on October 30^th.  If the full complement of recertification credits is not earned within that five year period, certification  as a pesticide applicator in New Jersey expires.  Certification in these cases can only be acquired by passing the required exams again.

Course topics offered for recertification credit include: CORE (private or commercial certifications), PP2 for private certification, as well as each of the 12 pest control categories.  Recertification credits can be earned by either attending NJDEP-approved recertification courses  or by completing an NJDEP-approved online training module.  Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Cooperative Extension currently offers one approved online recertification course in Pesticide Storage. More modules will be added at the course website as they are developed.

The NJDEP PCP has a webpage of Online Reports, which includes an online database that you can use to search for recertification courses as follows:

• Available Recertification Courses: You can search upcoming pesticide applicator recertification courses by subject area [i.e., CORE, category number, or Private (called 'PP2')] within a date range that you specify.
• Recertification Course by date: You can search for a recertification course on a specific course date
• Recertification Course by course number: You can search for specific recertification courses using the NJDEP course number
  

Attendees at a given course are awarded recertification credits in the subject areas as approved by the NJDEP when submitted by the course host. Recertification credits awarded will vary from course to course according to course subject matter.   

If you are a course host, we have made a PowerPoint slide recertification credit form for use of those conducting training sessions for recertification. Click on the hyperlink, save the file, and you can directly edit it.  Specifically,  you can insert the credits your course is awarded for your attendees to copy down onto their forms at the close of your courses; it is animated so you can give them each piece of information to write on the form separately.